County Legislature committee signs off on plan to buy space at Eastman Kodak Co. headquarters

Legislation authorizing Monroe County to buy space at the Eastman Kodak Co. headquarters on State Street for a new Monroe Community College sailed through a County Legislature committee Tuesday.

The Recreation and Education Committee voted 4-1 in favor of the measure, which would enable the county to spend $3 million on five buildings totaling nearly 562,000 square feet and 439 parking spaces.

The lone dissenting vote came from Legislator Joseph Morelle Jr., the newly appointed Democrat from Irondequoit, who said he was not convinced moving MCC from its current location at the Sibley building on Main Street was in the best interest of the college or the Rochester community at large.

The measure will be considered by the Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday and is not expected to face any serious opposition.